Chapter 12 Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 2. stream narrow wind band that occurs above large temperature contrasts and can flow
- 5. instrument used to measure air pressure
- 8. an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow
- 10. model record of weather data for a specific place at a specific time
- 11. line on a weather map connecting areas of equal temperature
- 13. line on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure
- 14. large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area over which it forms
- 15. effect change in the wave frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of the wave as it moves towards or away from an observer
Down
- 1. weather instrument used to measure humidity
- 3. winds two global winds systems that flow between north and south latitudes
- 4. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind,and rain
- 6. boundary between two air masses of differing densities
- 7. effect effect of a rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid
- 9. weather instrument used to measure wind speed
- 12. the long term average of variation in weather for a particular area